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Super Bowl XLIII now called most watched TV program ever

Upon further review, NBC officials announced today the Steelers-Cardinals Super Bowl XLIII attracted the largest audience in television history.

Using official national ratings supplied by Nielsen Media Research -- overnights released yesterday termed the 42.1 ratings around average by Super Bowl standards -- NBC recalculated the final numbers and concluded that a record 151.6 million viewers watched at least part of the Steelers' 27-23 triumph over Arizona on Sunday. It was a figure 3.3 million higher than the previous NFL championship, New York Giants-New England Patriots one year earlier.

NBC said 98.7 million viewers were tuned into its Super broadcast on average, which likewise topped the previous year's projected total.

If I would have had a national broadcast when I wrestled in Portland more people would have tuned in to watch me then what they did. Now I might not have topped SB XL III, but I would have beat out SB XL II. I'm sexier then Brady....